How do we make theatre in a climate crisis? Dr Zoë Svendsen talks to Maddy Costa of Exeunt Magazine about developing a climate dramaturgy: a holistic approach to theatre-making that centres artistic practice, treating climate crisis as a context for all aspects of theatre-making. Exeunt is an online magazine for theatre-lovers in the UK and […]
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Dr Zoë Svendsen wins the dramaturgs’ network’s Established Dramaturg Award 2026
Dr Zoë Svendsen was selected as winner for the d’n (dramaturgs’ network’s) Established Dramaturg Award 2026 by a panel comprised of Robert Awosusi, Sudha Bhuchar, Frey Kwa-Hawking and Réjane Collard-Walker. The d’n is a home for dramaturgs in the UK – and anybody who wants to become one, or work with one. Link to further […]
Continue ReadingJuliette Bretan receives a Visiting Fellowship from the University of East Anglia – Norwich
Juliette Bretan (Newnham) has been awarded an Archives and Collections Visiting Fellowship by the University of East Anglia. She will be looking at depictions of Eastern Europe in letters and media from 1939-present, for a month. Link to further information about the Fellowship Scheme: https://www.uea.ac.uk/research/research-with-us/fellowships/archives-and-collections-visiting-fellowships
Continue ReadingClare Pettitt gives a Keynote Lecture at ‘Tennyson 2026: Ecology, Landscape, Environment’, 14-17 July 2026
Professor Pettitt will deliver her lecture on ‘Tennyson’s Garden: Idylls of the King and the Technologization of Nature’ on Thursday 16 July at 11.15am. ‘Tennyson 2026’ is an international conference organised by The Tennyson Society. The venue is Lincoln Bishop University. Link to the conference programme: https://tennysonsociety.com/tennyson-conference-provisional-programme/
Continue ReadingDr Gabriel Rolfe awarded 2026 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize
Dr Gabriel Rolfe has won the 2026 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for his proposal for a book-length essay, Interior Station, described as ‘a genre-bending account of colonial violence and complicity’. The book centers around the 2019 killing of a young Warlpiri man by police in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal township in the Central Desert Region of Australia. […]
Continue Reading‘Andy Burnham is about to prove the true worth of a Cambridge English degree’
Lord Chris Smith, the Chancellor of the University, writes forcefully in the Telegraph that studying English equips graduates with the human insight, empathy and critical thinking vital to facing the challenges of today. Drawing on his own experience, he calls for renewed commitment to the humanities, warning that their decline risks undermining the very skills […]
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Professor Orietta Da Rold who was presented with her 2026 Pilkington Prize at a special event hosted by St Catharine’s College on 16 June
Links to news items which include further information about the Pilkington Prize and this year’s winners: University news item Cambridge Centre for teaching and Learning news item
Continue ReadingListen to Prof. Michael Hurley on ‘the dangers of getting AI to write for you’ — broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’
Available on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nr6429 Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Pcdkk6yOKMW7u1d80Old9
Continue ReadingBritish Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026/27
The Faculty of English and Department of Anglo Saxon Norse and Celtic welcome applications for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/schemes/postdoctoral-fellowships/ About the British Academy fellowships: The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship offers outstanding early career researchers the opportunity to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in an academic environment. The scheme aims to help develop the award holder’s curriculum vitae and boost their prospects […]
Continue ReadingAmy Morris in conversation with Tayari Jones for the Cambridge Literary Festival, Friday 5 June
Amy Morris hosts prizewinning US author Tayari Jones at a Cambridge Literary Festival one-off event taking place 8pm-9pm on Friday 5 June at the University Arms Hotel. Tayari Jones is in Cambridge to discuss her new novel Kin, published earlier this year by Oneworld Publications. Link to further info about the Tayari Jones event: https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/tayari-jones-kin […]
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